From: | Muke Tever <mktvr@...> |
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Date: | Sunday, February 16, 2003, 13:21 |
From: "Tristan" <kesuari@...>> Dan Sulani wrote: > > > What exactly is meant by "pro-drop"? > > A tendency to drop unnecessary subject pronouns that are implied in > inflexions on the vowel.Actually I think it's just a tendency to consider subject pronouns unnecessary, whether or not the inflections encode it--Japanese is pro-drop without personal inflections at all, IIRC. *Muke! -- http://www.frath.net/
Elyse Grasso <emgrasso@...> | |
Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...> |